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The government’s Home Affordable Refinance Program was all set to end next month, September 30, to be exact, but that’s not the case anymore. The Federal Housing Finance Agency announced Thursday that it is extending HARP through Dec. 31, 2018, adding an additional 15 months onto the program’s already extended lifespan.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac finally revealed a program on Wednesday that will replace the Home Affordable Modification Program. The government sponsored enterprises announced the Flex Modification foreclosure prevention program, which is designed to help America’s families by offering reductions to their monthly mortgage payments.

Dec. 31, 2016 marks the end of an important seven-year government program. The Home Affordable Modification Program launched to save struggling homeowners who are behind on their mortgage, and will soon come to an end. It’s not all downhill come Jan. 1 though. The New Year brings the start of a new system that can still be beneficial for all parties involved.

The CEO of Freddie Mac, Donald Layton, admitted to being in particularly good spirits this morning on a call with HousingWire. And he has every right to be. Freddie Mac just posted a great third quarter with promise of a brighter future ahead.

With the end of both the Home Affordable Modification Program and the Home Affordable Refinance Program getting close, the government is working to come up with new refinance options for borrowers. The latest program proposal comes from the Mortgage Bankers Association. The MBA's Task Force revealed a program proposal on Friday that is designed to be successor program to the Home Affordable Modification Program.

After market anticipation, the launch date is finally set for the release of Fannie Mae’s Desktop Underwriter Version 10.0. Best part is this update is expected to open up the credit box to potential borrowers previously deemed unworthy. With Home Affordable Refinance Program extended into 2017, it also means that the threat of scammers pretending to offer government-sponsored modifications isn't going away. Beware.

Time is ticking on the government's Home Affordable Modification Program and Home Affordable Refinance Program, as both will end on Dec. 31, 2016. In a comprehensive report published Monday, the Treasury, HUD, and the FHFA say that while these programs are set to end this year, the government plans to continue working with the mortgage industry on various loss mitigation programs moving forward, but caution that the industry needs to be prepared to do more.

Ocwen Financial disclosed Thursday morning that it will pay $30 million to settle a pair of lawsuits that accused the nonbank of falsely certifying that it was in compliance with Federal Housing Administration and Home Affordable Modification Program rules.

In a speech given Monday at a public policy luncheon hosted by the Women in Housing and Finance, Mel Watt, the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, said that the issue of principal reduction has been the "most challenging" that the FHFA faced in his two years there. So will he or won't he?

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He wears t-shirts to his televised interviews; not very CEO. He played sports at a high level, but rarely brings it up and when he does he talks about it as a mere chapter in his life. Honestly, who plays a Super Bowl and doesn’t describe it as the defining moment in their personal journey? Casey Crawford, that’s who. His family is a big part of his life of course, but he talks about his even larger family — his coworkers — in terms that are just as glowing.

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One of the things that has bedeviled mortgage financing post-crisis has been the absence of the private label mortgage backed securities market. During the peak years, private label MBS issuance topped $1 trillion. In 2017, only $70 billion of private label RMBS were issued, although that is a big increase from 2016.

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Digital technology has disrupted businesses and industries from publishing to public transportation, so can the mortgage industry be far behind? Actually, anyone who’s applied for a mortgage recently will have recognized that things are already changing fast.